Reynosa Industrial Profiles

MAIN COMPANIES:Delphi, TRW, Emerson, LG,

Maytag, CR Bard.

RECENT ACTIVITY:Maytag expanded their manufacturing campus, MSL/Celestica opened their 2nd facility and continue to grow. Draxlemaier opened 2nd plant and kicked off Stiva Park. Andrew corporation started their 1st operation.

ADVANTAGES: Access to the U.S. highway system and a good transportation alternative to Laredo. Good supplier pool, drawing off both the Rio Grande Valley and Northeastern Mexico’s industrial base. Established in the top tier of manufacturing locations in Mexico. Growing labor pool with increasing skill level. Good location for expatriates with McAllen, Texas nearby.

DISADVANTAGES: No manufacturing operations outside of the industrial parks. Continued growth over the past five years has put a potential strain on available labor. Relatively high overall cost of doing business – labor, lease rates, services. Very hot during the summer. Reynosa is a town with some growing pains – poor road system and low level of infrastructure compared to other locations. No rail access

Overview: Reynosa has been one of the most active manufacturing locations in Mexico since 2000. The city has continued to attract new companies and while retaining the expansion projects for companies already established in town. Overall, the area provides a solid location for manufacturing in Mexico. However, Reynosa is one of the more expensive cities to do business and is beginning to experience some growing pains. Once the Anzalduas International Bridge opens (June 2009) some of this pressure will be relieved, but it is just one of many steps that Reynosa needs to remain competitive in the coming years. It should be mentioned that McAllen is doing an excellent job of supporting companies from the U.S. side by offering a growing warehouse/distribution center and improving the area’s infrastructure. The Rio Grande Valley has the opportunity grow and thrive for many years to come.

The Workforce: POPULATION, Reynosa is the third largest city on the U.S./Mexico border with 526,888 people according to the 2005 census. However, current population estimates put the actual number closer to 700,000 people in the city and immediate area. Growth is rapid, with a 4.85% annual increase from 1990 to 2000. This is accelerated by immigration from southern states into northern Mexico and south Texas. The 2006 U.S. census counted 126,411 in McAllen, Texas, the sister-city to Reynosa and 8 miles north. There are just over 600,000 people in Hidalgo County, Texas including McAllen, Mission & Edinburg.

STATE DESCRIPTION: Tamaulipas shares borders with Texas to the north, Nuevo Leon to the west, San Luis Potosi and Veracruz to the south, and the Gulf of Mexico to the east. The state’s industrial development occurs on two fronts, the Maquiladora industry to the north and the chemical and petrochemical industries near the gulf port of Tampico/Altamira.

LOCATION: Reynosa is located at the north of the Mexican Republic, 60 miles west of Brownsville, Texas, along the U.S./Mexico border at an altitude of 125 ft. above sea level. The approximate land area is 3,156.34 square kilometers. The Rio Bravo (Rio Grande River) is the boundary between Reynosa and McAllen.

The city sits on flat, grassy terrain on the banks of the Rio Grande River. The climate is hot and humid almost the entire year with occasional heavy rains in the summer, average annual precipitation is 26 inches. High temperatures from May to August often surpass 100° F and low temperatures in December and January can reach 14° F.

REGIONAL INFLUENCE: Reynosa in the last two years became the oasis of the Maquiladora industry by ignoring the crisis that underwent the sector in the rest of the country. Only Nuevo Laredo attracts more attention in the Rio Grande Valley due to its role as the largest transportation hub in North America. Reynosa occupies the second place in share of Maquiladora employment along the Texas-Mexico border with 19%. Reynosa also has the biggest growth in employment in all the Texas-Mexico Border in 2004 with 3,608 new employees. (2004 INEGI – February 2008). The city has a diverse economic base, which includes oil and natural gas resources, livestock, agriculture, tourist trade and industry. Recent growth is partially the product of excessive congestion at Nuevo Laredo and perceived labor issues in Matamoros. However, this growth has begun to strain the already inadequate availability in housing.

Two international bridges serve McAllen and Reynosa: the McAllen-Hidalgo Bridge and the Pharr-Reynosa Bridge. On the U.S. side Hwy 281 is the key route heading towards San Antonio. The planned construction of a new border crossing, the Anzalduas International Bridge, promises to make a huge impact on the area’s growth potential. Not only will Anzalduas open the westside of Reynosa for direct access to the U.S. without having to cross town, but may also take some of truck traffic away from Nuevo Laredo as it will connect directly with the highway to Monterrey and the NAFTA Highway leading to Mexico City.

A couple items to consider: Nearby Nuevo Laredo is the busiest commercial border-crossing point between Mexico and the U.S., handling over 40% of all northbound commercial traffic. Texas accumulates 50% of all the merchandise that the United States exports to Mexico, helped by the meeting points of transport of the state and their proximity with the market. McAllen, Texas is one of America’s fastest growing cities and will continue to attract new suppliers to the area to better serve the Rio Grande Valley industrial base.

INDUSTRIAL REAL ESTATE: Ten major industrial parks serve Reynosa. With the exception of MaquilPark, all are Class “A” with good infrastructure and available land. However, the concentration of maquiladoras in the industrial parks can lead to turnover issues as companies cannibalize other workforces.

AVAILABLE SPACE: A current survey of industrial parks with a variety of site options reveals the following average prices in U.S. dollars per sq. ft.

TRANSPORTATION:Reynosa’s overall accessibility and adequate transportation system makes it attractive to maquiladoras who are serving customers throughout the U.S. on a JIT basis. McAllen, Texas possesses one of the largest Foreign Trade Zones in the United States, an added attraction for companies with components inbound from countries outside of the NAFTA zone. The major east-west route circling Reynosa, known in Mexico as a periferico, keeps most commercial traffic outside of the population centers, but overall the system needs improvement. Reynosa is connected to major U. S. cities by highway 281, which has been designated the future I-69 corridor, linking Mexico through the U. S. to Canada. Highway 281 provides easy access from McAllen to interstate highways I-35 and I-37.

Reynosa has two international bridges and a third in the planning stages. Almost 13% of all northbound Mexican trade crosses through the Rio Grande Valley. Out of the $150 billion that cross through the South Texas Border, 38.5% crosses through the Rio Grande Valley. Reynosa – Hidalgo International Bridge connects downtown Reynosa with Hidalgo, Texas, just 7 miles south of McAllen. Built in 1967, it has two spans handling non-commercial traffic north and southbound. The present flow of traffic is over 15,000 vehicles per day. The Pharr International Bridge connects the eastside of Reynosa to Pharr, Texas, 10 miles to the southeast of downtown McAllen. This bridge was built in 1995 and provides service for Reynosa’s commercial traffic. Northbound traffic flow is over 7,000 vehicles per day. Traffic from the industrial areas on the westside of Reynosa currently has to cross town to use the Pharr Bridge.

The planned Anzalduas International Bridge (note now completed) will link Reynosa with McAllen and Mission and will be located 3 miles upstream from the Reynosa Hidalgo Bridge. According to the proposed design, the bridge will have four vehicular lanes and two pedestrian lanes. The bridge will connect Mexican highway 40 to U.S. highway 281, the future U.S. highway I-69. The U.S. issued the presidential permit in July 1999 and Mexico issued diplomatic notes in February 2001. Construction is anticipated to be completed by between 2006 and 2008.Reynosa’s International airport offers passenger and cargo service with daily flights to the most important destination in the country including Mexico City. Mexican Customs and immigration facilities are on site. The McAllen International Airport is a regional transportation center serving the third fastest growing metropolitan area in the U.S. Daily flights to Mexico City, Monterrey, Dallas and Houston.

Southern Pacific Rail offers service to the McAllen foreign trade zone. McAllen currently has no rail service.

The seaport of Altamira is located six hours drive to the south. This port is Mexico’s most important seaport. Altamira started operations on June 1, 1985 with a dock 250 meters long and 12.355 acres for warehousing. Presently, the port has twelve docks and nine terminals.

CUSTOMS: U.S. Customs operates a four-lane bridge with a dedicated truck lane northbound at the Pharr crossing. Brokerage support is plentiful from many Laredo-based customs houses that operate satellite offices in McAllen.

The Support

SUPPLIERS and SERVICE COMPANIES

Most manufacturers in Reynosa have warehousing for needed supplies or rely on deliveries from South Texas companies. The recent industrial growth experienced by both, Reynosa and McAllen, ensures adequate services for Maquiladora operators.

The Politics

UNIONS

The labor union climate in Reynosa is very favorable to industry. Relations between unions and management are peaceful and harmonious. New companies have a choice of selecting one of three union leaders under the CTM or establishing their own in-house union. There has not been a strike or labor conflict in Reynosa since the mid 1980’s.

POLITICAL INFLUENCES

The state’s governor, Eugenio Hernandez Flores, is a young and charismatic leader who understands the importance of foreign investment to generate jobs and economic growth for the state.

The Reynosa mayor is Ricardo Ongay Villareal, which has impulsed the Maquiladora industry along his government, has made the introduction of new plants an easier task.

TRANSUBSTANTIATION

All Roman Catholics Refuse to Believe their Own Bible, Instead have listened to Men, Myths, and Fables.

Roman Catholic Doctrine states that when a Catholic partakes of Holy Communion the bread or wafer that he/she is actually eating is the very flesh of Jesus.

When a person drinks the wine they’re actually drinking the real Blood of Jesus.

The Roman Catholic Bible, the Saint Joseph Edition states the same as the following below.

The Old Testaments forbids the drinking of blood.

Leviticus 17 10 “‘I will set my face against any Israelite or any foreigner residing among them who eats blood, and I will cut them off from the people. 11 For the life of a creature is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement for yourselves on the altar; it is the blood that makes atonement for one’s life.[c] 12 Therefore I say to the Israelites, “None of you may eat blood, nor may any foreigner residing among you eat blood.”

The New Testaments forbids the drinking of blood.

Acts 15:19

19 “It is my judgment, therefore, that we should not make it difficult for the Gentiles who are turning to God.20 Instead we should write to them, telling them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals and from blood.

Jesus states when taking communion to do it in His memory, NOT EATING HIS FLESH OR DRINKING HIS ACTUAL BLOOD.

Luke 22:17 Last Supper17 After taking the cup, he gave thanks and said, “Take this and divide it among you.18 For I tell you I will not drink again from the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.”

19 And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.”

JUSTIFICATION

John 3:16, “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life.”Rom. 3:22, “even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all those who believe; for there is no distinction.”Rom. 3:24, “being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus;”Rom. 3:28-30, “For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the Law. 29 Or is God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also, 30 since indeed God who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith is one.”Rom. 4:3, “For what does the Scripture say? “And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness.”Rom. 4:16, “Therefore it is of faith that it might be according to grace, so that the promise might be sure to all the seed, not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all.”Rom. 5:1, “therefore having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,”Rom. 5:9, “Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him.”Rom. 9:30, “What shall we say then? That Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, attained righteousness, even the righteousness which is by faith.”Rom. 9:33, “just as it is written, “Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, And he who believes in Him will not be disappointed.”Rom. 10:4, “For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.”Rom. 10:9-10, “that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved; 10 for with the heart man believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth, he confesses, resulting in salvation.”Rom. 11:6, “But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works, otherwise grace is no longer grace.”Gal. 2:16, “nevertheless knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the Law but through faith in Christ Jesus, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, that we may be justified by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the Law; since by the works of the Law shall no flesh be justified.”Gal. 2:21, “I do not nullify the grace of God; for if righteousness comes through the Law, then Christ died needlessly.”Gal.3:5-6, “Does He then, who provides you with the Spirit and works miracles among you, do it by the works of the Law, or by hearing with faith? 6 Even so Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness.”Gal. 3:8, “And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, “All the nations shall be blessed in you.”Gal. 3:14, “in order that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles, so that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.”Gal. 3:22, “But the Scripture has shut up all men under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.”Gal. 3:24, “Therefore the Law has become our tutor to lead us to Christ, that we may be justified by faith.”Eph. 1:13, “In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation—having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise.”Eph. 2:8, “For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God.”Phil. 3:9, “and may be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own derived from the Law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which comes from God on the basis of faith.”1 Tim. 1:16, “And yet for this reason I found mercy, in order that in me as the foremost, Jesus Christ might demonstrate His perfect patience, as an example for those who would believe in Him for eternal life.”

REPENTANCE

1 John 1:9 – If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us [our] sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Acts 3:19 – Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord; Luke 13:3 – I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. Acts 17:30 – And the times of this ignorance God winked at, but now commandeth all men everywhere to repent: 2 Peter 3:9 – The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. James 4:8-10 – Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse [your] hands, [ye] sinners; and purify [your] hearts, [ye] double minded. (Read More…) Revelation 2:5 – Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent. Acts 2:38 – Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. 2 Corinthians 7:9-11 – Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing.

GRACE

Grace: Grace is defined as God’s Power, Strength, Love, and Favor to All People of the World. Grace is God’s Gift to humanity, for all and their Spiritual Salvation. All humans have Spiritual redemption through the Sacrificial Atonement of the Incarnate Man Jesus. Jesus in His pre-incarnate state is God. Jesus who is God is Equal in Power and Inseparable from The Father and the Holy Spirit.

Grace: Humans can understand religious false prophets, philosophers with their dogmas and rules to observe. Currently, however, human Intellect, reasoning, and perceptions are in spiritual darkness, with no ability to discern God’s spirituality or presence within the world’s societies.

Grace: The only human exceptions to spiritual darkness are those that have been regenerated by the Holy Spirit of God. To those that have been spiritually born-again, by the Great Spirit of God. To those who now live in Spiritual Light, those who have been supernaturally transformed, taken from depravity, sin, and death. Have been resurrected into the newness of life, through the Blood Atonement of our Loving Lord and Savior, the God-man Jesus. The spiritually born-again followers of Jesus are now in coexistence within their physical mind, body, and spirit with the indwelling of God’s Holy Spirit. The Father’s Grace condescending down to all humans from Heaven, allowing all humanity’s freedom. Freedom from sin’s guilt and shame.

Grace: All humans are incapable of understanding the spiritual substance that we call GOD! God has told ALL humans “Only By His Grace Can One Be Restored to this Spiritual Substance Called God, Only through the God-man Jesus’ Atonement that has removed the sins of the world.

Grace is God’s favor and help, condescending to a human level, to help and enable man to realize and understand God and His Truths.

Grace: God’s Grace isn’t forceful, neither legalistic. God’s Love is revealing of the great love of God towards all of His Creation. Grace enables all to believe and obey without force or legalistic consequences, but with a joyful exhilarating knowledge of “Truth!”

Grace: God’s Grace draws a person to begin to explore their origins, to seek out knowledge of Creation and the beginnings of man in the only divinely inspired writings from God to man in the Protestant Christian Bible.

Grace: God’s Grace ALONE gives to an individual the knowledge of Salvation. Grace ALONE draws a person to the belief in Jesus’s Atonement. Grace ALONE enables people to surrender their lives to the Lordship of Jesus’ Truths as STATED IN THE PROTESTANT CHRISTIAN BIBLE NEW TESTAMENT!

Grace: Grace is the FREE GIFT OF GOD TO HUMANITY, FOR HUMANITIES RESTORATION. ENABLING ALL TO ONCE AGAIN BE WITH THEIR GOD, AS IT WAS IN THE BEGINNING WITH ADAM AND EVE, WHEN GOD WALKED IN THE COOL OF THE EVENING WITH HIS CREATIONS.

God the Father’s Grace allows all, and only by His Grace can one be spiritually born-again.